California is home to three of the best national parks in the country, according to Lonely Planet. The travel guide recently ...

On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern Sierra Nevada ... It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum ...

Avoid Yosemite crowds by hiking an under-the-radar trail with similar views of awe-inspiring granite rocks and towering ...

Last year, the Castle Fire destroyed at least 10% — and possibly as much as 14% — of the giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada. As I write this, the wildfire in and around Sequoia and Kings Canyon ...

Native the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the giant sequoia can grow to 314 feet tall and 30 feet in diameter. The General Sherman Tree - 275 feet tall and 25 feet in diameter ...

Visitors travel from around the world to see the towering granite cliffs of Yosemite and the giant sequoias of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The largest tree on earth, the General Sherman, is found in ...

Spending time in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California is a great introduction to this national park. But ...

The tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney sits on the border of Sequoia National Park ... Portal on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. Despite being the shortest ...

Visitors to the Giant Forest use a lot of the same words ... such as the 13.4-mile Alta Trail or the multiday 65-mile High Sierra Trail, to escape the crowds, especially in the summer.